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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katerina cry about selling?

2. How does the boy in 'A Little Hero' feel when he is made the rival to a young pretty girl?

3. Who teases the boy in 'A Little Hero'?

4. What does Murin never do with Katerina?

5. What did the Rag say caused him psychological harm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Dostoyevsky say he was sending a message to with 'A Little Hero', and why?

2. How did Ordynov change after his relationship with Katerina had ended?

3. Why is the woman Yulian is interested in not attainable at the time?

4. What happened when Ivan went into the room of a strange woman?

5. What did Ordynov realize about Katerina and the old man after his relationship with her had ended?

6. What happened to Katerina's house at the end of 'The Landlady'?

7. Why does Katerina sho so much restraint while with Ordynov at the beginning of the second part of 'The Land Lady'?

8. Why did Ivan go to the theater in 'Another Man's Wife'?

9. Why does Katerina tell Ordynov that she has such bad luck?

10. Why was Yulian treated the way he was in 'A Christmas Tree & A Wedding, White Nights'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the stories, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

Essay Topic 3

Power and Greed were two common themes in these stories. Where did they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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